EAAP34 Conference Programme
Below you will find the draft EAAP34 programme structure. Timings are subject to change and some details will follow at a later date.
Sunday 25 September 2022
| 16:00 - 18:00 | EAAP registration deskAlso open during the conference |
Monday 26 September 2022
| 08:00 - 09:00 | EAAP registration desk |
| 09:00 - 13:00 | EPPSI Workshop I - Pilot Peer Support Programmes (PPSPs)Fundamentals required for a successful PPSP with a focus on a variety of professionals coming from diverse operational backgrounds who have been tasked with the design, implementation and conduct of a PPSP.Introduction to Psychological Selection of Operational Staff in Aviationincluding insights into ability requirements as part of the selection process and a basic overview of standards in psychological selection, theoretical & practical exercises.Next Gen Aviation Maintenance Technicians (Working Title)training and competence management of aircraft maintenance technicians & engineers |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Buffet Lunch |
| 14:00 - 17:00 | EPPSI Workshop II - Pilot Peer Support Programmes (PPSPs)with a focus on the role of the aviation psychologist within PPSPs and what the phrase "mental and psychological health professionals" means within the framework of the relevant legislation.Spatial disorientation training (working title)including SD-related accident reportsWorkshop 3 (tbd)tbd |
| 17:00 - 19:00 | Networking TimeMeet and greet your colleagues |
| 19:00 - 20:30 | Welcome ReceptionHeld at Sunborn Yacht Hotel - times could be subject to change |
Tuesday 27 September 2022
| 08:00 - 09:00 | EAAP registration desk |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | EAAP34 Conference Opening Ceremony |
| 09:30 - 10:15 | Keynote #1 - Diane DamosPilot Selection: What do we know, what have we forgotten, and what did we miss? |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Coffee/ Tea Break |
| 10:45 - 12:15 | SELECTIONSelection of Air Traffic Controller Trainees during Covid-19: Candidates' Acceptance during a Global PandemicNadine Schimpf Insights on Remote Pilot Competences and Training Needs of Civil Drone Pilots Ruth Schmidt Validating Air Traffic Controller Selection and Training – Design and First Results of a Large-Scale Validation Study Anna Seemüller Common Practices of Psychological Selection of Aviation Personnel in Europe Johann Wium MENTAL HEALTH, STRESS, FATIGUEThe relationship between civil pilots' resilience, psychological well-being and work performanceChian-Fang G. Cherng Safety Climate Assessment: The Implementation of Psychological Fatigue Indicators in Airline Fatigue Risk Management Systems. Dimitrios Ziakkas Comprehensive Assessment of Fatigue and Stress Research on Collegiate Aviation Pilots in the United States Julius Keller Treatment and control programmes for airline pilots with mental disorders Gerhard Bühringer |
| 12:15 - 13:15 | Buffet Lunch |
| 13:15 - 14:00 | Keynote #2 - Dietrich ManzeyBest paper award winner 2019 - How Difficult Is the Transition Between Different Reference Systems? (attitude indicators in aircrcraft cockpit sim study) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Poster Pitch session #1Development and validation of an Aviation Safety Climate Scale for the German Armed ForcesMarco Nitzschner Mixed Human-Machine Teams: Who is the Robot at my Side? Samuel Werner Huber It's Okay to not be Okay, and other Platitudes Helen Heenan How do job requirements differ between airline pilots and anaesthesists? Viktor Oubaid The influence of cognitive training on the efficiency of high-maneuver jet pilots' performance Michał Janewicz Effects of Fatigue and Long-term Isolation on Human Behavior Valentina Anikushina Performance differences in Spatial Orientation: A comparative study of cross group differences in Fixed-Wings-Aircraft Pilots, Jet-Fighter Pilots and Medical Staff Cynthia Schinkel Validation of Computerised Aptitude Selection System (COMPASS) in Predicting Success of Pilot Applicants in the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Janine Loi Spacing Assistant for Final Approach Eliana Haugg An Investigation in Relation to the Increase of Pilot Peer Support Programs' Effectiveness A. Arınç Sönmez |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Coffee/ Tea Break |
| 15:00 - 17:00 | EAAP Business Meeting - Part 2The EAAP Business Meeting 2022 will be split in two parts this year. The first part will be held online on 15th May 2022 1530-1700. The second part will be held on-site. |
Wednesday 28 September 2022
| 08:00 - 09:00 | EAAP registration desk |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Keynote #3 - Randy MumawThe Death of Airmanship: The Urgent Need to Understand Pilot Skills and Knowledge |
| 09:45 - 11:00 | NEUROERGONOMICS, EYETRACKING & OTHER PHYSIOLOGICAL MATTERSPreliminary study of attentional switch for Air Traffic ControllersAnaïs Servais Applying Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback to enhance Pilots' Stress Resilience and Wellbeing Jingyi Zhang Can a legacy be surpassed? Human-Factors Evaluation in system design Astrid Oehme HUMAN AND SYSTEMSThe Public Acceptance of Drones – Challenges for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)Hinnerk Eißfeldt The impact of End-User involvement in the co-development of the Training for a new HMI (Human Machine Interaction) System Florian Alba A Psychosocial Perspective on Unstable Approach: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study Gizem Kara Arseven |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee/ Tea Break |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | NEW TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONSEvaluation of a next generation oxygen system - assessment of usability, comfort and human performanceJulia Maier Design Study for a Virtual Work Station for Aerodrome Air Traffic Service Officers Joern Jakobi Application of touchscreen inceptor in flight operations: to be or not to be? Wen-Chin LI Improving communication between passengers and cabin attendants during Inflight Emergencies Elizabeth Manikath COMPETENCIESCompetence Retention and Retention Modelling for the Assessment of Air Traffic ControllersPetra ten Hove A Competency Framework for Aviation Psychologists and Human Factors Specialists in Aviation Sonja Biede Ability requirements for Remote Tower Control - first insights Alexander Heintz New skills for future aviation Fabrice Drogoul |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Buffet Lunch |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Poster pitch session - #2Prioritization of the Most Critical AFISO Work Tasks and Human Performance Contributory FactorsJana Hristova Jeliaskova Single Pilot Operation - Which problems do pilots envision? Frank Zinn RESSOURCEN ORIENTED WORK THROUGH COGNITIVE AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN AEROSPACE AND HIGH – PERFORMANCE TEAMS Celia Avila-Rauch Transformation On New Pilot Selection System: Turkish Airlines Case Omer Can The value of Low Fidelity Simulations to Explore operational concepts: The use-case of pilot incapacitation in SPO Ricardo Reis What do we say we want in a pilot? A qualitative analysis of aviation professionals' view on desired pilot traits. Sigurdur Hrafn Gislason Aviation Psychology applied to the humanitarian aid flights teams. Mónica Gómez Caniella Workload in relation to flight conditions in helicopter pilots. Marcin Biernacki Psychomotor performance in relation to coping styles in pilot candidates. Marcin Biernacki Human in the loop - a task analysis of autonomous conflict detection and resolution in Air Traffic Control Karl Johan Klang |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | COVID19 AND MEDICALAviation Medicine and Aviation Psychology –- different currencies or two sides of the same coin? – thoughts for future collaborative development.Anthony Wagstaff Exploring the Relationship Between the Fear of Covid-19, Job Insecurity, Employee Well-Being, and Job Involvement in Flight Personnel Nese Saruhan The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Pilot Mental Health and Wellbeing – Quarantine Experiences Karien Stadler HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND CAPACITIESBridging the Generational Gap: Understanding Personality and Cognitive Differences in USAF Aviators From Generation X to ZJohn Heaton Perspectives on the «New» normal in human performance demands -Facing workload challenges in developing Norway´s 5th Generation Air Force Vivianne Fonne Awareness of being spatially disoriented interferes with cognitive performance Annemarie Landman |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee/ Tea Break |
| 16:00 - 19:30 | Excursion(times could be subject to change) |
Thursday 29 September 2022
| 08:00 - 09:00 | EAAP registration desk |
| 08:15 - 09:00 | EAAP34 Group Photo |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Keynote #4 - Gerry Fogarty & Ryan CooperBest paper award winners 2018 - A demands-resources view of safety climate in military aviation |
| 09:45 - 10:30 | Keynote #5 - Khalid AlMamariBest paper award winner 2020 - Predictive Validity of the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) for Pilot Performance: A Meta-analytic Investigation at the Subtest Level |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee/ Tea Break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | SAFETY AND JUST CULTUREAn evolving Safety Culture journey: Cross-border methodologies and findings in safety and security culture between Switzerland and AustriaLea Sophie Vink A new approach to Human Error analysis utilising a Bayesian hierarchical predictive coding approach to the brain, and the benefits Just Culture Lea Sophie Vink Confidence and Trust in the 'Just Culture' Construct. Kevin McMurtrie Selection of Safety Performance Indicators: An EASA Regional Airline Operator Case Study. Dimitrios Ziakkas TRAININGThe Implementation of Competency-Based Training and Assessment (CBTA) Framework in Aviation Manpower Planning.Dimitrios Ziakkas Exploratory Training Improves Pilot Understanding of Automation Annemarie Landman Does deliberately going beyond alarms in stall recovery training lead to negative transfer of training? Eric Groen Near and Far Transfer Effects of Cognitive Enhancement Training by means of NeuroTrackerX. A Randomized Controlled Trial. Alwin van Drongelen |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Buffet Lunch |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | CREW PERFORMANCE IN THE FLIGHT DECKCross-cultural Interactions at the Flight Deck: Applying a Socio-Ecological Model for Investigation of Acculturative StressMatthias Groppe The impact of impulsivity on pilot decision-making in commercial aviation Julia Behrend Silence in Cockpit Crews: A Qualitative Study Pınar Ünsal AUTOMATION, ASSISTANTS & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEHARVIS: a digital assistant based on cognitive computing for non-stabilized approaches in Single Pilot Operations (SPO)Alexandre Duchevet HARVIS: dynamic rerouting assistant using deep learning techniques for Single Pilot Operations (SPO) Carmen Bejarano Transparent artificial intelligence and automation to air traffic management Christophe Hurter |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee/ Tea Break |
| 15:30 - 16:15 | PANEL DISCUSSIONtopic tbd |
| 16:15 - 16:45 | EAAP working group presentation - Selection in Aviation |
| 16:45 - 17:30 | EAAP34 Closing Ceremonydetails to be announced |
| 17:30 - 19:00 | Free time |
| 19:30 | EAAP34 Gala Dinner- Official Close of Conference(timings are subject to change) |
Friday 30 September 2022
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Operational Visitstimings are subject to change, details tbd, limited numbers, mandatory pre-registration required, security-check mandatoryNetworking Walk and TalkOn our last day enjoy the company of colleagues who are up early, who want to grab a coffee and walk through the old town of Gibraltar. |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Meetings by the Regional Aviation Psychology AssociationsIf you would like to reserve a meeting room for your business meeting, please emailMeetings by the Regional Aviation Psychology AssociationsIf you would like to reserve a meeting room for your business meeting, please email |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Farewell Lunchand departure |
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